Book Sale!

Keynote Speaker, Ken Ginsburg's books will be on sale during the conference. Check or cash only!

Raising Kids to Thrive $12(regular price $16.95) Two fundamental principles are at the root of resilience. First, a parent’s unconditional love is the most important force in a child’s life. Unconditional love, however, has to be coupled with high expectations for effort, character and morality. Second, a child will never learn life’s lessons if he is protected from experiencing them. But children need protection from challenges that can bring irreparable harm. This book helps resolve the tension these two principles of resilience pose by offering the latest in research, a wide breadth of expert opinion, AND INPUT FROM OVER 500 TEENS! You will learn to balance these complex issues and offer your child the security she can only gain from you and the confidence he/she can only develop from experience. He/She will be more than resilient – she will be poised to THRIVE.

Building Resilience in Children and Teens $12(regular price $16.95)Building Resilience in Children and Teens offers strategies to build the seven critical Cs— competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control — so that parents can raise authentically successful children. This guide also offers coping strategies for facing life’s inevitable stresses. Kids who have healthy strategies in place may be less likely to turn to dangerous fixes to relieve stress. This book is about building strong, enduring relationships, preventing worrisome behaviors, and raising children who are poised to thrive and lead us into the future.

Guiding Adolescents to Use Healthy Strategies to Mange Stress $25(regular price $39.95) ​This book/video toolkit was designed for professionals but is highly useful for parents and parent organizations who want to focus on reducing stress. Many of the behaviors we worry about in teens are rooted in their attempts to address stress in their lives. We may do our greatest good when we guide youth to adopt healthy coping strategies. This Book/Video project includes 15 chapters and over 100 films. This work published by The American Academy of Pediatrics prepares professionals TO APPLY the principles of positive youth development and resilience to guide youth towards healthy means to address stress.